Meaning of the nameJason

Jason is a masculine name taken from English, coming from Greek Iásōn, 'healer', linked to the Greek verb meaning 'to heal'.

Meaning

“healer, linked to the Greek verb meaning 'to heal'”

Source: Wiktionary: Jason · Behind the Name: Jason

People (2022): 5,653
Rank in Brazil: #2,522
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 5,742; people

Jason in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jason, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,044 people).

25 women 5,628 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jason is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jason in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Sergipe 0.006%
Goiás 0.005%
Bahia 0.005%
Distrito Federal 0.005%
Alagoas 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,082	0.002%
Minas Gerais	725	0.004%
Bahia	648	0.005%
Pernambuco	348	0.004%
Goiás	334	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	290	0.002%
Paraná	261	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	212	0.002%
Santa Catarina	160	0.002%
Pará	157	0.002%
Ceará	144	0.002%
Alagoas	141	0.005%
Amazonas	136	0.004%
Sergipe	132	0.006%
Distrito Federal	131	0.005%
Maranhão	116	0.002%
Espírito Santo	110	0.003%
Paraíba	86	0.002%
Mato Grosso	79	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	72	0.002%
Tocantins	72	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	58	0.002%
Piauí	55	0.002%
Rondônia	44	0.003%
Roraima	28	0.004%
Acre	21	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jason

Jason is a loanword from English Jason, without adaptation to Portuguese, and a parallel form of Jasão. The Greek form Ἰάσων (Iásōn) comes from the verb ἰάομαι (iáomai), 'to heal', and Behind the Name translates it as 'healer'. The name also appears in Greek mythology and in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,653 people named Jason, almost always men. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

The English spelling kept without adaptation, the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Jason

Spelling	People (2022)
Jason	5,653
Jasson	941

Sources

Wiktionary: Jason · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Jason · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Jason

What does the name Jason mean?

Jason means “healer, linked to the Greek verb meaning 'to heal'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jason in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,653 people with the first name Jason, which ranks it number 2,522 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Jason a boy's or a girl's name?

Jason is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 5,628 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jason?

Jason is a name of English and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jason most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.006% of the state's population is named Jason (132 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jason?

Jasson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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